Combined clothesline support and reel



E. R. WARNER. COMBQNED-CLOTHESL-{NE SUPPORT AND REEL.

AFPLLCATIN FILED DEC. 71,1918.

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COMBINED GLOTHESLNE SUPPORT AND REEL.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Pgajntted Bia?. 29, i921.

Application led December 7, 1918. Serial No. 265,709.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that l, EMERsoNKYR. VARNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bowerston, in the county of Harrison and `State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combined Clothesline Supports and Reels, ot which the following is a specification.

rlhe present invention relates generally to improvements in that kclass of inventions known as laundry, and more particularly has reference to a combined clothes line support and reel. j As the principal aim and object, the present invention contemplatesthe provision ot a device of the above mentioned character designed to partially support a plurality of clothes lines and at the same time is capable o1n inclo'sing the clothes' lines when the latter are not in use in order that'the lines may be protected from the action of the weather.

It is an additional obj ector1 this invention to provide a device of the above character wherein means is employed for winding'- the lines when not in use, while additional means acts in conjunction with the winding means for preventing accidental slipping of the lines when arranged in an extended clothes supporting position.

Among the other aims and objects of this invention, may be recited the provision of a device of the character mentioned wherein the parts are Few, the construction simple, the cost ot' production low and the efficiency high.

ther improvements and novel `details in the construction and arrangement of the various parts of kthe apparatus -will be broughtJ out more in detail in the description to follow, which for a clear understanding of the invention should be considered in connection with the accompanying drawings formingI a part hereof, and wherein is disclosed 'for the purpose of illustration a convenient and satisfactory embodiment of the invention. It is to be noted in this connec- Y the casing being shown partly in section,v

and i p Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the invention,

Similar characters of reference are emtality of a removable cover 5 for. a 'purpose that will presently appear. Other stand- -"ards .6 have their lower ends arranged within the casing and connected to the adjacent faces of the standards 3 by means of elongated bolts 7, nuts 8 being engaged onthe bolts to prevent accidental-movement ot the standards 6. Still another standard 9 is now employed and has itsv lower end arranged between the upper ends of the spaced parallel standards 6 and rigidly connected thereto by means of elongated bolts lO and nuts 11, which latter are removably engaged on the bolts.

Journaled longitudinally through the casing and transversely through the standards 3 and 6, which act as bearings, is a snait l2,k

one end of which projects beyond one end of the casing and carries a crank handle 13. The portions 14 of the shaft between the ends of the casing and the adjacent standards 3 serve as a drum, whileconnected thereto, and windable thereabout, are clothes lines 15.

ln order to support and guide the clothes lines, opposed eyes 16 are connected to the upper ends of the opposed standards 6, while other opposed eyes 17 are connected to the upper end of the standard 9; the main portions of the lines are trained through openings 18 in they top of the casing and respectively through the eyes 16 and 17. Rings i9 are connected to the outer ends of the lines, and are designed for removable engagement withhooks 20, which latter are adapted to be connected to a suitable support spaced from the standardsl and at a height about the same as the height of the eyes 17 n As intimated, improved means, have been employed for preventing accidental unwinding or slipping of the lines subsequent to extending them, and in reducing this feature toY Cil

of the invention to practice, aratchet wheel 21 is rigidly connected to the projecting end of the shaft l2 near the end of the casing, whileecoperating with the `teeth of the ratchet wheel is a pawl 22. rhis pawl is of the gravity operable type and is desirably pivoted by a pintle 23 to the end wall of the casing above the ratchet wheel.

ln use, the pawl 22 is held from engagement with the ratchet wheel to permit ot the extending ot the lines and the engageinent of the rings 19 with the hooks 20. Subsequent to the extending or" the lines andthe placing of clothes thereon, the pawl is released whereupon the handle is engaged and rotated until the lines are suiticiently tant, be-

ing held in such position by the pawl which locks against one of the teeth oi the ratchet lt is` believed in view of the foregoing desription that a further detailed description of the operation of the' invention is entirely unnecessary. Likewise it is believed that the advantages ot the invention will be readily apparent. ever, that when the device is not in use,` the handle may be rotated to draw the lines within the casing and wind thernaboutthe shaft in order to protect the lines from the action of the'weather.4

It is to be noted, how?V Having thus described my invention, what .l claim is:

j A device for the purpose indicated including a base plate having a pair of spurs on its under face adjacent the center, pair of spaced standards opstanding from the base plate, a second pair ot spaced standards overlapping the upper ends of the irst pair and disposed between the two and connected therewith, a third standard having its lower end disposed between the two upper ends of the second saidstandards, a `reeling device disposed adjacent the connecting ends or" the iirst and second said standards, opposite eyes mounted respectively on `the upper ends of the second said standards, a second pair of opposed eyes mounted on the upper end of the third saidstandard, a pair'ot clothes lines 'connected with the reeling deviceand trained one thronghfone o1, the eyes on each of the second and third said standards, and means to preclude retrograde movement of the'reeling device whereby the free ends of the two clothes lines may he anchored at remote points and tensioned to maintain the set of standards in' substantially vertical position. F

lnl testimony whereof l my signature.

, EMERsoNR. WARNER. 

